Posted on 08/14/2006 4:11:03 AM PDT by knighthawk
By BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Eric Leijenaar with BosNewsLife News Center
JAKARTA/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife) -- About 30 local officials backed by Muslim militants closed down a Baptist church in Bandung, the capital of the tense Indonesian province of West Java, investigators confirmed Thursday, August 10.
On July 16 the group interrupted the Sunday worship service of the Batu Zaman Baptist Church and demanded to see an official permit, reported Open Doors, a Netherlands based organization investigating reports of persecution of Christians.
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Where is Suharto when you need him?
Islam is evil.
Open Doors is a Dutch organization that began its ministry by smuggling Bibles and other Christian literature into the Soviet Union. Since the fall of communism they have expanded their ministry to other areas of persecution around the world.
Ping
We should shut down a Mosque here in retaliation.
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